''The History of Howard Stern'' is a

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series about the life and career of American radio personality

Howard Stern Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, comedian, and author. He is best known for his radio show, '' The Howard Stern Show'', which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terr ...

, covering the years from his childhood through 2001. It originally aired across 35 episodes in four "acts" on

Howard 100 Howard 100 and Howard 101 are two uncensored channels on Sirius XM, a satellite radio service that broadcasts programming affiliated with Howard Stern and ''The Howard Stern Show''. Though the channels were first broadcast on September 29, 200 ...

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between December 17, 2007 and December 31, 2010. Each episode includes segments from ''

The Howard Stern Show ''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The show has aired on Howard 100 a ...

'', interviews with the show's staff, celebrity guests, and his family, and excerpts of news reports. The series is narrated by Jim Forbes. In 2008, the series won a Communicator Award. Act III was given a Silver World Medal award at the 2010 International Radio Programming and Promotion Awards in the History category. An additional episode covering the show's final two years on terrestrial radio in 2004 and 2005 aired in July 2015.

Background

On June 7, 2006, Stern announced on his show that the lawsuit settlement with CBS Radio (formerly

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) finally gave Sirius exclusive rights to his entire back catalogue of radio shows from his time at

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station WXRK, which spanned over twenty years from November 1985 to December 2005, totalling almost 23,000 hours. It was reported that Sirius agreed to pay CBS $2 million for the rights, approximately $87 per-hour of tape. Sirius held the rights to the tapes until the end of Stern's initial 5-year contract with the satellite company on December 31, 2010, when all rights returned to Stern. On December 2, 2009, it was announced that every tape had been digitized on a server taking up multiple

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of data. The process took close to five years to complete. This has allowed all specials broadcast on Howard 100 and Howard 101 to be produced.

Personnel

;Production ("The Tapes Team") *David Heydt – executive producer *Jeremy Lipkin – producer,

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*Rich Gibbons – producer *Paul Grassini – producer *David LeClaire – segment producer *Ben Barto – assistant producer *Ryan Rasmason – assistant editor *Adam Frederick - intern ;''The Howard Stern Show staff'' *

Robin Quivers Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American radio personality, author, and actress, best known for being the long-running co-host of ''The Howard Stern Show''. Early life Quivers was born on August 8, 1952, in Baltimore, Maryla ...

Fred Norris Eric Fred Norris (born Fred Leo Nukis; July 9, 1955) is an American radio personality and the longest-tenured staff member of ''The Howard Stern Show'', aside from Stern himself. He first met Howard Stern while working at WCCC-FM, a radio stat ...

Gary Dell'Abate Gary Patrick Angelo Dell'Abate (born March 14, 1961), also known by the nickname Baba Booey, is an American radio producer who has been the executive producer of ''The Howard Stern Show'' since 1984. His autobiography, '' They Call Me Baba Booey'' ...

Jackie Martling John Coger "Jackie" Martling, Jr. (born February 14, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, radio personality, author, actor, and musician also known as Jackie the Joke Man. He is best known as a former writer and in-studio comedian fo ...

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* See more ;Others * Jim Forbes –

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Episodes

Act I

Act II

Act III

Act IV

Additional material

An episode covering 2004 and 2005 aired on July 17, 2015 which included the departure of John Melendez, the early period of JD Harmeyer, the show's run-ins with the FCC, and Stern's departure from terrestrial radio for Sirius. The episode was narrated by AJ Allen.

References

External links

''The Howard Stern Show''
at HowardStern.com
''The Howard Stern Show''
at Sirius XM {{DEFAULTSORT:History Of Howard Stern, The Sirius Satellite Radio 2007 radio programme debuts 2010 radio programme endings Howard Stern